Lucky

Boy · recorded 1912–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.2 to 1)

  • #1,571in 2025
  • 1 in 15,815boys in 2025
  • +175%last ten years
  • 1.9×in California

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 175% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0326319121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 110 recorded years as a table
Lucky, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
19149
191612
19178
19197
19207
192115
192212
192315
192413
192513
192618
192723
192820
19299
193017
193116
19329
193411
19357
19367
193710
193818
193912
194021
194119
194211
194325
194429
194536
194621
194727
194819
194923
195022
195116
195220
195324
195422
195517
195620
195712
195816
19598
196023
196114
196217
196315
196417
196518
196617
196719
196816
19699
197010
197115
197218
197318
197410
197520
197617
197717
19789
197915
198015
198116
198213
198310
198413
198512
198611
19879
198815
198911
199012
199121
199212
199311
199422
199521
199627
199724
199824
199924
200024
200122
200228
200321
200433
200534
200634
200730
200828
200927
201031
201122
201220
201317
201428
201523
201630
201724
201824
201926
202025
202140
202233
202327
202450
202563

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.9×
  2. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
108
Rank in 2025
#1,571
How rare
1 in 15,815 boys
Since 1912
3,624

Most popular in 2025, at 63 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 175% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.9×47
Texas1.0×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.